The study found that the risk of mental problems is often 5 times higher than the nightmare

Release date: 2010-07-12

Roger Dobson has said that 1 in 20 people are entangled in frequent or long-term nightmares. A major study in the field shows that nightmares are related to health problems such as insomnia, fatigue, headache, depression and anxiety. For men and women who often have nightmares, their chances of developing mental health problems such as depression are five times higher than those of ordinary people.
Michael, a sleep laboratory at the Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany, said: "There is a close relationship between nightmare frequency and daytime sleep, which suggests that nightmares may have a strong impact on the well-being of patients and should be treated."
The so-called nightmare is a dream that commands people's fears. This kind of dream will make people wake up from rapid eye movement sleep. In rapid eye movement sleep, human brain activity is very active. In this new study, psychiatrists surveyed 9,000 adults about nightmares, studying how often they had nightmares, what kind of people would have nightmares, and the relationship between nightmares and health.
The survey results show that 5.1% of people often have nightmares, at least once a week, more common in women: 6.2% of women at least once a week, and only 3.8% of men have this situation. In addition, the nervous allergy group is also very easy to have nightmares, and the researchers pointed out that there is evidence that the group still has genetic susceptibility.
The frequency of nightmares is also related to income and unemployment. Those with the lowest incomes have a nightmare of 2.3 times more than the wealthy, and they have to do 3-4 nightmares a week. High pressures associated with low incomes and social status may cause some people to have nightmares. Conversely, higher frequencies are also associated with increasing insomnia, frequent daytime fatigue, headaches, and difficulty waking up in the morning.
The results of the study also show that people who often have nightmares have a mental disorder that is 5.7 times that of ordinary people. Meditech Medical Network